The current chief medical director is Abdurrahman Abba Sheshe.

It recorded success over the years, including being the first government hospital to perform a successful kidney transplant in the year 2002, the former Chief Medical Director Professor Abdulhamid Isa Dutse was instrumental in the transplant.

[2][3][4][5][6] The Chief executive officer, referred to as the Chief Medical Director (CMD) is responsible for the day to day operations of the institution.

[7][8][9] The current CMD, Professor Abdurahman Abba Sheshe (a Surgeon) was appointed in 2019.

[1] Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital has sixteen clinical departments: Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Surgery, Ophthalmology, ENT, Dental and Maxillofacial surgery, Radiology, Histopathology, Chemical Pathology, Haematology and blood transfusion, and Medical microbiology.